亭主

ていしゅ

Meanings

1. Noun household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of a hotel)
2. husband

Kanji

• 亭 pavilion. Read as テイ.
• 主 main. Read as シュ.

Example sentences

• あの家は女房が亭主をしりに敷いている。
  She wears the trousers in that house.

Words containing 亭主

• 亭主関白 (ていしゅかんぱく) domineering husband
• 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子 (ていしゅのすきなあかえぼし) even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed
• 知らぬは亭主ばかりなり (しらぬはていしゅばかりなり) the husband is always the last to know

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